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Chapter objectives
Chapter objectives
After reading this chapter you will:
• Be familiar with the Extended BLAS subroutine naming convention
• Know what operations the Extended BLAS performs
• Know how to use the described subprograms
• Be familiar with the BLAS Standard subroutines supported in HP VECLIB
Associated documentation
The following documents provide supplemental material for this chapter:
Dongarra, J.J., J. DuCroz, S. Hammarling, and R. Hanson. “An Extended Set of
Fortran Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms.” ACM Transactions on
Mathematical Software. March, 1988. Vol. 14, No. 1.
Dongarra, J.J., J. DuCroz, S. Hammarling, and I. Duff. “A Set of Level 3 Basic
Linear Algebra Subprograms.” ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software.
March, 1990. Vol. 16, No. 1.
Higham, Nicholas J. “Is Fast Matrix Multiplication of Practical Use?” SIAM
News. November, 1990. Vol. 23, No. 6.